| Swordcane with joint-concealing 11x10 Turkshead. (Rather dirty, I'm afraid.) Made of #21 unpolished cotton twine. appx. 1986 |
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| My Irish flute. Decorative turks (7 bight two-pass at head and three-strand at foot) added for show. 45# double-braided dacron kite-line fed into itself to form a "Samson-braid" type line. Works and knots well, but making it up is the very devil itself as I can't find a long or thin enough needle to facilitate the back-thread. |
| Mandolin strap of true Belfast Cord in black and white. Head end is a black square sennit leading down into the body proper, which was done by larks-heading the white lines and then proceeding from there. At the next point, four of the black were lead into the centre and provide a contrast. At the end, the lines were reduced to form the end-button and cockscombed grommet. This is my performing instrument Appx 1983 |
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| Guitar strap of #21 unpolished white (well, it WAS, d'ye ken?) cotton twine. Another unsatisfactory line as this consistantly unlaid itself while being worked by the right hand. Chevrons required extensive re-positioning of the working ends and resulted in rather uneven diamonds. As I am unable to play guitar any longer, I no longer use this strap but I keep it around for memories and to remind myself NOT to use THAT particular cord again for fancywork. Bloody frustrating, it were! appx. 1985 |
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You're probably here for the suspender pictures, so let's get right to those...
These are a (censored) to make as the cross in the back gives me fits and starts figuring out the proper place and length to
make to provide a nice, flat section that won't irritate the back when worn. Actually, I'm still working on it, but it's getting right.
I apologize for the "fuzzy" fotos here... when these were taken my camera was 'sick' and I didn't know about it until a photog
friend told me the problem - I had thought I was just an incompetent . After performing remedial surgery on it (we threw it out
a third floor window to see if it would bounce... it didn't.) I bought another one. Subsequent pics are somewhat better but I did
discover one thing... I AM an incompetent at photography. Ah, well.... nice to have my original diagnosis confirmed, I suppose.
These are a (censored) to make as the cross in the back gives me fits and starts figuring out the proper place and length to
make to provide a nice, flat section that won't irritate the back when worn. Actually, I'm still working on it, but it's getting right.
I apologize for the "fuzzy" fotos here... when these were taken my camera was 'sick' and I didn't know about it until a photog
friend told me the problem - I had thought I was just an incompetent . After performing remedial surgery on it (we threw it out
a third floor window to see if it would bounce... it didn't.) I bought another one. Subsequent pics are somewhat better but I did
discover one thing... I AM an incompetent at photography. Ah, well.... nice to have my original diagnosis confirmed, I suppose.
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12-line suspender set of #18 polished cotton line (no londer obtainable) in bright white. The cotton cord is somewhat
soft in nature and was rather difficult to work with, but produced a nice set of 'galluses'. Adjustments in length are
accomplished via a "bridle and buckle" arrangement (rather similar to how a belt is tightened) wich is then hidden
inside the suspender strap. Standard suspender alligator-type clips on ends.
I now make these of a #15 natural colour line which produces a superior detail and soon hope to have available a #12
line which will allow even more finely-detailed work.
These are for special occasions or for re-enactors / professional exhibitors / etc. Their cost is $375 a set. They take
nearly a week to do properly. Additional decorations, such as applied 'Star Knots' or the like are additional cost.
soft in nature and was rather difficult to work with, but produced a nice set of 'galluses'. Adjustments in length are
accomplished via a "bridle and buckle" arrangement (rather similar to how a belt is tightened) wich is then hidden
inside the suspender strap. Standard suspender alligator-type clips on ends.
I now make these of a #15 natural colour line which produces a superior detail and soon hope to have available a #12
line which will allow even more finely-detailed work.
These are for special occasions or for re-enactors / professional exhibitors / etc. Their cost is $375 a set. They take
nearly a week to do properly. Additional decorations, such as applied 'Star Knots' or the like are additional cost.
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| Say, just what the hell IS Belfast Cord, anyway? (an explanation) |